Live Nation Entertainment Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
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Notes Details

LONG-TERM DEBT (5.375% Senior Notes) (Details)

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LONG-TERM DEBT (5.375% Senior Notes) (Details) (5.375% Senior Notes due 2022 [Member], USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014	May 31, 2014
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount		$ 250,000,000us-gaap_DebtInstrumentFaceAmount
Interest rate, stated percentage	5.375%	5.375%
Prior to June 15, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	100.00%
Redemption, Equity Offering [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	105.375%
Percentage of notes which may be redeemed	35.00%
After June 15, 2017 [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	104.0313%
Redemption, Defined Changes of Control [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Redemption price, percentage	101.00%

- Definition

Represents the percentage of the notes which may be redeemed from the proceeds of certain equity offerings prior to maturity as defined in the loan agreement.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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-Section 45

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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-Name Regulation S-X (SX)

-Number 210

-Section 02

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Percentage price of original principal amount of debt at which debt can be redeemed by the issuer.

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